Take the Link Challenge – Win a Book
Take the Link Challenge
Today I thought it might be fun to do a bit of a fun challenge.
The challenge is very simple – You have to find the websites, blogs, web pages, etc. linking to QuickerMaths.com (QM) or any of its post.
As your answers you have to just paste the URL (link) of the website or blog where you have seen QM link.
Rules:
- The link might be a blogroll link like the one in the image below on fireup blog
2. Link within the text referring to QM. That could be because someone copied any post from QM and pasted it elsewhere.
The figure below shows an example of this on forum of www.caclubindia.com
- The link can be on a social networking site like facebook, orkut, etc. posted by you or someone else.
- The link could be a simple mention of the link - http://www.quickermaths.com or www.quickermaths.com or quickermaths.com
(But it should be a link and not simple text)
*You can even give the link of websites or blogs where you yourself have give QM’s link. When you posted the link doesn’t matter.
**Links present on QuickerMaths.com website will not be considered.
I assure you it will be a fun filled experience and your “googling” skills will improve a lot.
The winner will get the most amazing book on Vedic Mathematics by the father of Vedic Maths - Bharati Krsna Tirthaji Maharaja
Vedic Maths book
To know more about the book – visit http://vedicmathsindia.org/view_detail1.htm
While giving your responses as comment below –
- Mention your full name in name space
- Mention your email address in email space
- Mention http://www.quickermaths.com in the website space
I will collect the address after announcing the winner to send the prize.
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Interesting Puzzle
Time to solve a very interesting and logical puzzle
I have picked up this puzzle from IBM monthly challenge. I will give the exact link of the site later (for those who are interested)
Background: It's Thanksgiving, and time to stuff the turkey. But we've got a problem. The stuffing came in a cube measuring 12cm on a side. The hole in the turkey, however, will accommodate a rectangular block measuring 8cm by 8cm by 27cm. Due to time constraints (we can't miss the parade on TV) we only want to cut the stuffing into four pieces.
The question:
How can we cut the 12cm cube into four pieces which will reassemble into an 8cm by 8cm by 27cm block?
Friends, leave your answer below -
If you have any puzzle, riddle, brainteaser, etc. you think we might enjoy, please send them in. All mails should be sent to: vineetpatawari@gmail.com
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Competitive Examination Question
Quantitative Aptitude Question for Competitive Examinations
Try solving this questions which has appeared in CAT, GRE and GMAT papers and many other competitive examinations. So try your hands at this question from topic speed and distance. You can expect similar questions in competitive examinations.
Here is the Competitive Examination Question -
A thief escaped from police custody. Since he was a sprinter, he could run at a speed of 40 km/hr. The police realized it after 3 hr and started chasing him in the same direction at 50km/hr. The police had a dog, which could run at 60 km/hr. The dog would run to the thief and then return back to the police and then would turn back towards the thief. It kept on doing so till the police caught the thief. Find the total distance traveled by the dog in the direction of the thief?
Here are the options -
a) 720 km
b) 600 km
c) 660 km
d) 360 km
e) 230 km
I will provide the solution later. I urge everyone to try this. Please give explanation with your answers -
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Free SMS Preparation – Word Meanings, Maths Tricks
This post is to introduce you all to a very useful and 100% free service provided by FireUp (sister concern of QuickerMaths.com) - the all new FireUp SMS Channel.
Now you can get word meanings, various information, tips and tricks related to your competitive examination preparation directly on your mobile through SMS.
We will send you -
1) English words with their meanings daily. How is it beneficial?
- 5 Words daily means : 5x30= 150 words per month and 150x12=1800 words an year. (approx.)
- You can revise them in your free time
2) Quick calculation tricks which will surely make you a master at tackling data interpretation questions.
3) Information about important events and dates related to CAT and other examinations
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Mystery of Missing Rupee
Dear Friends,
I am presenting to you a very interesting riddle. Once you get the answer to this you can pose this riddle to your friends, etc. I am sure most of them will not be able to solve the mystery of the missing rupee.
Riddle: Mystery of Missing Rupee
Three men walk into a hotel and rent a room for Rs. 30. They contribute towards the room rent equally. So each one of the paid Rs. 10
The hotel manager after sometime realized the room rent should have been only Rs. 25 rupees. So he sent the dishonest bellboy and told him to give Rs. 5 back to the men.
The bellboy cheated and gave each one of them Re. 1 back.
Now you know Rs. 27 (10-1 = Rs. 9 each) is paid by the 3 men and Rs. 2 is with the bell boy. That makes it Rs. 29 (27+2), so where is the remaining Re.1
**This question is actually meant to be asked when you are face to face with the other person.
I think its effectiveness and punch was somewhat lost in written words. Nevertheless, give it try and enjoy asking it to others.
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Shortcut to Find Square of a Number
Today I will discuss a very simple method of finding square of numbers between 26 to 74 mentally. In the subsequent post we will cover higher numbers. So keep watching this space to learn squaring any number within your mind
Square (also called perfect square) is an integer that is the square of an integer; in other words, it is the product of some integer with itself. So, for example, 9 is a square number, since it can be written as 3 × 3.
How to find the square of any number?
To apply this method you should know squares of 1 to 25 by heart. You can refer to this table to learn the same.
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Quick calculations for extremely large numbers
A guest post by Nandeesh H.N. of Kolkata
Quick calculations with a few logarithms
If you can remember a few logarithms, you can do many calculations quite easily without the aid of calculators or computers.
Try to remember the logarithms of just seven numbers:
Log 2 = 0.30, log 3 = 0.48, log 7 = 0.85, log 11= 1.04, log 13= 1.11, log 17 = 1.23 and log 19=1.28.
The logarithm of a composite number is equal to the sum of the logarithms of its prime factors; you can formulate the following table of logarithms:
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Learn Maths
The goal of this interesting puzzle is solving maths problems by applying what you learned at school. (If you still remember it)
Here is a simple arithmetic puzzle for your
I give you 3 digits and a result and you must put all the signs necessary to restore the equality.
I give you an example. The remainder you solve by yourself.
2 + 2 + 2 = 6
Easy! Isn't this? It is the same for the remainder.
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Shortcut Method for Multiplication
A guest post by Nandeesh H.N. of Kolkata
Shortcut multiplication for approximate numbers
When applying the rules of multiplication of exact numbers to approximate numbers we waste time and effort in the computation of digits that will be dropped at a later stage. The computation can be made more efficient if we are guided by the following rules:
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Herons Method of Finding Roots
A guest post by Nandeesh H.N. of Kolkata
"Dear Vineet,
I am really grateful to you for your blog which makes Mathematics a pleasure. Keep up your good work. As requested by you I am sending a brief note on Heron’s method of finding square root. This method can be easily extended to find any root.
Heron’s method of finding square root
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